Intercultural Pathways to Urban Safety – How do Cities and Citizens Benefit?

Lisbon (Portugal), 17-18 September 2012

On 17 and 18 September 2012 a workshop on "Intercultural Pathways to Urban Safety" brought together in Lisbon representatives of local authorities, police and civil society organisations from cities members of the Intercultural cities network, and the European Forum for Urban Security. Participants explored ways of ensuring safety by building broad partnerships in culturally diverse local communities, based on the unique Intercultural cities approach of valuing diversity of citizens as an asset for improving urban well-being, including urban safety. Member cities reviewed their safety policies from an intercultural perspective in order to make them an element of a comprehensive intercultural strategy.